Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jewel

Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.

Our schedule makers tell me we haven't had this situation since 1989, where Christmas fell on Sunday game day. Back then, we avoided the day.

Dan Boyle

Our first goal is on the worst shot of the night. But we could have avoided making a couple of mistakes in our defensive zone.

Our Clog Clinic researchers have been studying toilet-plumbing problems since 1996, and they maintain that clogs can be avoided if proper steps are taken.

Jamie wrestled a tough and dangerous opponent. He wrestled smart and avoided a pin from a guy who is known for pinning his opponents.

I thought Jeff came in and did a reasonably good job for his team. He avoided the bad plays.

Jim Murphy

I don't believe that we can justify any war that we've been in since I can remember - World War II, we had President Bush's grandfather helping finance German industry. I think that we could have avoided war if there wasn't money involved. MacArthur provoked Korea and Vietnam was obviously engineered.

Jackie Earle Haley

I'd always avoided stuff like 'Where are they now?' or 'Whatever happened to?' Just 'No thanks, thanks for calling.' You tell me, have you ever seen a 'Whatever happened to' where they seemed anything but pathetic?

Jeff Gordon

I am going to take part blame for that. I think Tony should take part of it as well. ... I think it could have been avoided by both of us. It was an unfortunate incident that hurt us both a lot.

Marc Bulger

He definitely hunted me down like that. But it's football. I could've easily avoided him and ran away. But those things happen.

Christine Whitman

has literally, we believe, avoided the spread of this very malicious virus to personal computers throughout ... the world.

Jeff Gordon

I think it could have been avoided by both of us and it cost us both a lot.

I'm a little disappointed. I felt they should have avoided the houses and gone with another route.

Jim Crace

I have, I must admit, despised the English countryside for much of my life - despised it and avoided it for its want of danger and adventure.

I feel very happy with the deal because we spent a long time negotiating and we avoided arbitration.

Ruben Aguilar

It could have been avoided if the union had obeyed the law. The rule of law implies respect for the law.

Josh Smith

It could have been avoided because obviously a fan isn't supposed to dehumidify a room.

Had Britain so insisted, Iraq after Saddam might have avoided the violence that may yet prove fatal to the entire enterprise.

He was a fair piece up there (alongside Cheever). But it could have been avoided by both parties.

If the government were serious to begin with, we could have avoided a repeat of this type of disaster.

He drove the ball in the past but he avoided the contact. Now, he's jumping through the contact. He's confident. He's a senior that wants to win, that knows this is his last go-around and he's going at it with a lot of passion.

Summer Phoenix

Movies and I just equally avoided each other at certain times in my life, you know?

Kyle MacLachlan

I'm a pretty organised packer, laying out everything beforehand, as I don't like to take extra stuff. I've got a good eye for judging how much I can stuff into one suitcase. I've often not brought the right items, but I'd never avoided a chance to shop, unlike most men.

David Mitchell

Somebody is going to know these faces and somebody is going to call and we are going to catch these people who have avoided prosecution for these years.

Mike has observed many of these things, and he's avoided the less toxic elements of those various personalities.

So many of these infections can be avoided by hand washing by medical staff, patients and their guests.

Robert Teeter

I think he could have made most of the trips and gone to most of the fund-raisers if he would have avoided the partisan rhetoric and talked to the country as President in each of these appearances rather than to the narrow partisan audiences.

Life is great. The miracles I've experienced. The sharing of experiences with friends, family, like I've never seen before. These are things that I avoided my whole life, not choosing to be a part of, but today I cherish them.

John C. Calhoun

It is a fundamental rule with me not to vote for a loan or tax bill till I am satisfied it is necessary for the public service, and then not if the deficiency can be avoided by lopping off unnecessary objects of expenditure or the enforcement of an exact and judicious economy in the public disbursements.

Nick Clegg

I wish more people knew that the only one of the three main parties where not a single MP flipped from one property to the next, and not a single MP avoided capital-gains tax, where every single London MP did not claim a penny of second-home allowance, was the Liberal Democrats.

Felix Rohatyn

In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust banks and companies.

Bette Midler

My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image.

Stuart Symington

Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble.